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Groupon almost gave me Malware
I have never actually purchased a Groupon deal, but I have thought about it. One that caught my attention recently seemed a bit too good to be true, but I figured I would take a look anyway. The deal offered up to 8 oil changes,…
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Time for me to get a new phone – no, not an iPhone
I frequently find myself buying a new phone as the new iPhone comes out. Not really that much of a coincidence, I tend to buy a new phone every year or so. In my line of work, I need to stay on the relative cutting…
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A fake email from American Express – what to do with suspicious emails
This morning, groggily staring at my computer, my brain not yet on, I was utterly shocked to receive an email from American Express stating that I had made a payment in the sum of $4,845.47 to American Express. My response was What? WHAT?! As I…
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Voter ID Law in PA – Where are we now?
As you most likely know, there is a great deal of controversy over voter ID laws this year. Here in Pennsylvania, the law was challenged and upheld in our lower courts. Just today, much to my surprise, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the case back…
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Password Advice
It wasn’t all that long ago that security companies were telling us that passwords should be 8 characters. Now we are being told we need 14 character passwords. Also, the old advice, take a word and change several characters to numbers and characters, well that…
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Free speech doesn’t mean what a lot of people think it means
Frequently the first thing people cry out when some business or individual tells them they can’t say something is, “hey, I have a first amendment right to say whatever I want!” These people are, of course, speaking of the part of the first amendment that…